Looks like anything published before 1923 is fair game. Unfortunately T.S. Eliot (for instance) had work that straddled that barrier. You should probably choose your poems carefully just in case.
I believe that providing you hand-craft rather than mechanically reproduce, and properly attribute your quotations you can generally circumvent the legal issues. Similarly if you can demonstrate that your activities do not have a profit margin you may also get around things that way. It's a shady area all round though. I've been making Christmas cards for years using film stills that I'd love to sell officially though I know they are technically illegal in copyright terms. If I can find a happy vendor I'll go ahead with it and risk the consequences, but I know in advance it's a potential litigious hurdle if I'm caught.
I'd suggest doing it anyway and trying to to fly under the radar until it becomes an issue.
pretty sure that stuff falls into public domain, so it'd be fair game
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Looks like anything published before 1923 is fair game. Unfortunately T.S. Eliot (for instance) had work that straddled that barrier. You should probably choose your poems carefully just in case.
hmm cool. Before 1923. Thanks!
I believe that providing you hand-craft rather than mechanically reproduce, and properly attribute your quotations you can generally circumvent the legal issues. Similarly if you can demonstrate that your activities do not have a profit margin you may also get around things that way. It's a shady area all round though. I've been making Christmas cards for years using film stills that I'd love to sell officially though I know they are technically illegal in copyright terms. If I can find a happy vendor I'll go ahead with it and risk the consequences, but I know in advance it's a potential litigious hurdle if I'm caught.
I'd suggest doing it anyway and trying to to fly under the radar until it becomes an issue.